The Daily Background
| AP Flash: Obama chooses Sonia Sotomayor for SCOTUS
by Arlen Parsa
The formal announcement is expected to come this morning.
President Barack Obama tapped federal appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court on Tuesday, officials said, making her the first Hispanic in history picked to wear the robes of a justice.
If confirmed by the Senate, Sotomayor, 54, would succeed retiring Justice David Souter. Two officials described Obama’s decision on condition of anonymity because no formal announcement had been made.
Administration officials say Sotomayor would bring more judicial experience to the Supreme Court than any justice confirmed in the past 70 years.
Read more about her on her Wikipedia entry.
Update: The NYT confirms.
Update 2: More triva: Sotomayor would be only the third woman to serve on the court if confirmed.
